Improvement in collision-brakes



C. B. GUY.

Car Brake.

Patented Mar. 7, 1865.

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O. B. GUY, OF LYBRAND, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COLLISION-BRAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,66 '2, dated March7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O. B. GUY, of Lybrand, in the county otAllamakee andState of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Collision- Brake forRailroad- (Jars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which--Figure l is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2, a plan or top of thesame. I

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to prevent accidents arising fromcollisions on railroads; and it consists in the employment or use of adouble-inclined track mounted on wheels and placed in front of thelocomotive of a train, the locomotive being connected to the inclinedtrack in such a manner that it will disconnect itself in the event of acollision and the loco motives and the forward cars of the two trainspass up the inclined tracks and lose their momentum in the ascent.

A represents the brake, which is composed of a double-inclined track,which is mounted on wheels B, the rails a being of heavy railroad-ironand supported at a requisite degree of elevation by supports 1) on aframe or track, 0, which is supported by the wheels B. The extremelength of this brake may be about thirty-eight (38) feet, the height ofthe pitch of the rails to being ten (10) feet, making the inclination ofthe rails a at each side twenty (20) feet. The rails a may be slightlyconcave, as shown in Fig. 1, and between the rails of each incline atthe lower end there is a scraper, C. These scrapers may serve ascow-catchers and to clear the rails D of the track of any obstructionswhich may be on them.

This brake is placed in front of the locomo tive of the one to which thebrake is not attached will run up the rails to of the brake, which aredirectly in front of it, and at the same time the hook F will becomedetached from the link E and the locomotive of the other train to whichsaid link is attached will run up the rails a of the otherincline of thebrake, the momentum of the two trains being absorbedor lost in theirascent up said inclined rails.

It will be seen from the above description that one brake is onlyrequired for two trains traveling in opposite directions.

I would remark that one-half of a brakethat is to say, one inclined pairof rails, a amay be applied to the rear car of each train in order toprevent collisions in the rear, and I would further remark that thebrake is sufficicntly large to admit of baggage being stowed away in itslower part and a box or inclosure may, if desired, be made or fittedwithin it for that purpose.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- I of two approaching trains,in the event of a.

collision, will ascend the inclined tracks and lose their momentum durmg their ascent, substantially as herein described.

0. B. GUY.

Witnesses:

S. F. GOODYKOONT, H. BARBOR.

